Mainstream media outlets are finally starting to recognize and report on the significant role that search engines play in facilitating online piracy. Netflix is one of the most popular and accessible video distribution networks on the planet – providing convenient, on-demand access to select films and televisions shows for more... Read more
The extraordinary engineers and thinkers who are making content available are also capable of coming up with ingenious ways of keeping creative content safe. A major news narrative coming out of last month’s boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was about the use of Periscope by some fans... Read more
In 2014, nearly 600 pirate sites generated an estimated $209 million in revenue from advertising alone – a significant portion coming from major brands. From Amazon to Zappos and hundreds in between, brands that have become trusted, household names around the world are also some of the biggest contributors of... Read more
A new, animated trailer outlines the cultural and economic benefits of creativity, the harm caused by piracy, and how creatives can be part of the solution. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2015 PARK CITY, UTAH – Today at the Sundance Film Festival, CreativeFuture premiered a new animated video trailer called... Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2015 LOS ANGELES – More than 100 members of the creative community have signed a letter to U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) thanking him for his leadership in urging the credit card industry to implement voluntary steps that can prevent their services from being misused... Read more
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By CreativeFuture “Matt Mason must have a guilty conscience,” CreativeFuture Executive Director Ruth Vitale wrote today in a Billboard Magazine op-ed, while challenging BitTorrent to use some of its technical know-how to combat the misuse of its protocol for piracy. Last week, Mason made the laughable claim that his company... Read more
By Chris Ortman Disclaimer: CreativeFuture does not encourage physical violence to settle arguments. Fantastic Fest, the genre film festival held each year at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, has a curious tradition: hosting a series of verbal and physical “debates” that take place inside a boxing ring. On... Read more
By Ruth Vitale It’s a simple question, really. How does BitTorrent, Inc. feel about the fact that the peer-to-peer protocol it created is used by millions of people to avoid paying for creative content? After all, its technology has enabled a huge black market for the “sharing” of creative works... Read more
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Film, television, music, and books are the backbone of our culture, but you wouldn’t know it based on the dollar value we assign to creativity. A guest post written by Tim League, founder and CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, and Ruth Vitale, executive director of CreativeFuture,... Read more
Film and television writer and director Alec Berg, whom you may recognize from his work on such hit shows as “Seinfeld”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, and “Silicon Valley,” and the movie The Dictator, penned an op-ed that ran today in The Hill. In it, he thanked members of Congress for calling on the... Read more